"Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this."
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For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.
Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burial hath she kept this.
But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
Jesus, therefore, said, `Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,